Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-10-28
LIFE m VIENNA.

hHct. oHolt Sh TVS 10 Alit DDOi ,. lEtcllcti
dress. but not ornamental. Seven Iilcr-
cnt costumes seen daily on the streets.
Laborcrs at noon down and sleep ON
the pavemcnts. DITTO IN the parks aud
on the grass. Both sexes seen lying
de by side No keep of the grass
at every turning Polish jew frequent.
IN black gowns reaching to heels, h gh
hats and long corkscyew curls. Look
like OttcIo. Big dogs drawing hand
carts. Street cars won stop for YOU.
Only at certain places. Indicated by II
sign-po,t on track. The tub the uni
vcrsal vessel to carry things in. Oval
shape. One stave longer than the rest.
SO il can be bound on the carriers back.
Carries AL the water up the six or
emma houses. Clean clothes ditto for
wash. Separate shops for brand beer
and wine. Peasant on II spree carries
green twg stuck in his hat-band to
indicate to the Vienna public his pres
eat mental and moral condition. Hacks
hung low on the wheels. Drivers in
un form here. Fares low. Ten cents
carries you from Dombach to LeopOl-
stadt. Suburban village or 6 miles
distant Emperor and empress are
frequently seen driving on the streets.
No fuss; all hats 90 off rs they 90 by.
Soldiers everywhere; senlries ditto. in
a chronic condition of salut NJ officers.
/ Fleas abundant. Everybody eats at
/ the restaurant. V emma is all restaurant
on the ground floor. Little home cook
/ ing is done. Melangc and rolls are the
universal breakfast Melangc is half
coffee and half hot milk, always brought
YOU in Il tall tumbler with b z table,
spoon. l. wing here IS very public Ii
YOU hire a room the chances are you
must pass through somebody's bed
room to get to it, or have some one
/ pass through yours. Female help,
indifferent or oblivious to gentlemen
/ lodgers. come right N at all hours,
W ihout knock ng, when on duty.
feet Oh. covered with porcelain
The furnace holds about two quarts of
coal. The rest IS monument. Hand
some men, good shapes. full ches :,
fine bass voices. A pleasure to sit IN u
railway station and hear the ollie ais in
charge call the trains. Handsome
women Il ito. Everybody out on the
street shopping by or in the morn
ing. Nap at noon. Gardens full of
families din NJ in open ar ut > p. m.
They 20 it till 9. Music. flowers, stat
uary all about. Eating not done ut n
gulp. More happiness to the square
yard. Newspapers small. Outside
world disposed of in about twenty
lines. Lots of small com illustrated
papers. Drink halles" on every cor
ner. Round pagodas. Girls inside
+ No room for more. Sells lemonade.
orangeado. sofia water, and other light
fogg lluid. People here always swal-
lowing something.
Elevator at hotel. Big fuss over it.
Two men in uniform to run it, Pace.
mile AN hour. Bed, al single. Eyer =
body Sc m. to sleep single here. One
more bed on top Of bed quit V-ry
sht, fuil OF feathers ia greon silk
bag.
Barracks every whore. SiS stories.
Foll of sold crs. Sold ers eyer,whcrc.
Drilling everywhere. Drumming every
where. footing ever where. Sll.
Il ers marching past hote.s 40 five IN
tie morning Always getting ready 10
Nil somebody. Same all over Europe
Never ont OF gnt OF bayouet
Nations here awlulIy afra Il OF each
other Singular pumps. Very tail.
Long. crooked iron handle. Reach to
tie ground. Tobacco shops all run by
government. Keep stamps also. In
variable sign over door * n"
(king and kaiser). The emperor
does all the tobacco business. Not
much tobacco in their CARS. Washed
out. Prices of grocer es and dry goods
always marked on articles in shop w H.
dows. Can read and translate "a YOU
walk.
Cultivated shade trees lay over any,
thing in Amer ca. Six rows. full grown
in some streets. with walks underneath.
Fountains. benches everywhere. Bust
ness streets all shaded. not bare to sun
like Broadway or / fth Avenue. Bath
houses five stories high. Ever body
here really washes by the bath and not
10y the bedroom washbasin. Went to
one. Girl cashier. Took my money.
Turned me over to another girl. Black
eyed. Good looking. Went in with
me. Turned on the water hot and cold
Both of us waited for the tub to Till up.
Wondered il she'd leave. Strange
country Novel customs. Tub ills up.
Girl leaves. Examined door. No lock. /
Took of collar. Girl bursts in again. f.
Brought more towels. And then
aprons. Wondered what they were for.
Found ont. inquired of the p.rl, What